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Rob Ford's Toronto
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Joe Warmington is discussing Rob Ford with crime expert Ross McLean right now on his radio program
http://player.newstalk1010.com/
http://player.newstalk1010.com/
OSS 117
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The part I can absolutely buy is Doug Ford thinking he and his brother are above the law, and that the police are just there to do their bidding.
JWBF
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Remember "Cut The Waist" challenge? That was a good event that Dougie came up with that Robbie failed. Dougie is a bully, and will go as far as to embarrass his brother for fun, not unlike kids might do to prove their superiority. It's amazing how insecurities can shape the adolescent mind.
As my wife would put it... "Born with a silver spoons up their asses."
When you have daddies friends, and money to cushion your life it's easy to be spoiled brats.
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evvabeing
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Municipal Conflict of Interest in the Aftermath of the Ford Case
Oct 16, 2013, 12pm-1:30pm
http://www.yorku.ca/yuevents/index....of+Interest+in+the+Aftermath+of+the+Ford+Case
Oct 16, 2013, 12pm-1:30pm
http://www.yorku.ca/yuevents/index....of+Interest+in+the+Aftermath+of+the+Ford+Case
pattycakes
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Warren Kinsella's blog today:
TORONTO NEEDS A MAYOR: FORD NATION GETS ASS KICKED (UPDATED)
October 16th, 2013, 5:46 am
Media probes of Ford crack-smoking were ethical and responsible, says press tribunal. But you already knew that.
UPDATE: I’m never a fan of her approach – here, the “I-oppose-the-Press-Council-but-let-me-quote-the-Press-Council-to-you-because-they-did-something-I-like” – but the Star’s crown coddled columnist wrote something about all this that I found quite useful:
“Mayor Ford has no shortage of acolytes, ardent supporters who not only want to cover their own eyes to serious allegations but everyone else’s too. Deaf, dumb and blind on Ford is what they’d prefer — a mayor who counts druggies and bullies as close friends; was photographed outside a home described by neighbours as a crack house, in the arm-around company of three men, one of whom was subsequently shot dead, two who were arrested in the massive Project Traveller drugs and guns raids; told his inner circle, according to Star sources, that he knew where the video — the video he says doesn’t exist — might be found; has been caught appearing three-sheets-to-the-wind in public; and has been under surveillance by a police plane.”
That paragraph is a neat and tidy summary of the disgrace that is la famille Ford. If I get involved in the next mayoralty – and that’s only if my hoped-for candidate runs – I will do my utmost to ensure that every single voting Torontonian knows the above paragraph like the back of their proverbial hand. I want the hulking, shambling mass that is Rob Ford to slouch back to the rock under which he lives in Etobicoke every night, and cry like a baby in front of his thug-brother. I want him humiliated, because that’s what he’s done to this city."
Sums up my feelings quite nicely.
TORONTO NEEDS A MAYOR: FORD NATION GETS ASS KICKED (UPDATED)
October 16th, 2013, 5:46 am
Media probes of Ford crack-smoking were ethical and responsible, says press tribunal. But you already knew that.
UPDATE: I’m never a fan of her approach – here, the “I-oppose-the-Press-Council-but-let-me-quote-the-Press-Council-to-you-because-they-did-something-I-like” – but the Star’s crown coddled columnist wrote something about all this that I found quite useful:
“Mayor Ford has no shortage of acolytes, ardent supporters who not only want to cover their own eyes to serious allegations but everyone else’s too. Deaf, dumb and blind on Ford is what they’d prefer — a mayor who counts druggies and bullies as close friends; was photographed outside a home described by neighbours as a crack house, in the arm-around company of three men, one of whom was subsequently shot dead, two who were arrested in the massive Project Traveller drugs and guns raids; told his inner circle, according to Star sources, that he knew where the video — the video he says doesn’t exist — might be found; has been caught appearing three-sheets-to-the-wind in public; and has been under surveillance by a police plane.”
That paragraph is a neat and tidy summary of the disgrace that is la famille Ford. If I get involved in the next mayoralty – and that’s only if my hoped-for candidate runs – I will do my utmost to ensure that every single voting Torontonian knows the above paragraph like the back of their proverbial hand. I want the hulking, shambling mass that is Rob Ford to slouch back to the rock under which he lives in Etobicoke every night, and cry like a baby in front of his thug-brother. I want him humiliated, because that’s what he’s done to this city."
Sums up my feelings quite nicely.
guitarchitect
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You guys need to get out of the echo chamber you've created for yourselves.
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animated
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https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/390510073782345728/photo/1
Super glad Scarborough is getting a subway extension, with all those planned new residential units...
Super glad Scarborough is getting a subway extension, with all those planned new residential units...
christiesplits
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Wow, what a glaring statistic. Shame it was released a week too late.
animated
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It could have been read aloud before the vote, and it wouldn't have changed a thing.
malvern2
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Scarborough residents have been paying for transit in other parts of the city for YEARS…it’s our turn now to get back some of those transit dollars. Have you not stopped and thought about the fact that with the new subway will come more residential development?! This is exactly why Ford will win re-election, he actually cares abt parts of the city that past mayors have forgotten about and lefty downtown councilors have fought against. Thank you Rob Ford!
W. K. Lis
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When will North Bay get its subway, then?
doug
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Doesn't the "new" subway replace the SRT?
What does Scarborough gain? Who paid for the SRT?
soimelk
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There is little correlation between building a subway, and attracting the developments post construction to justify the subway's construction. The Sheppard stubway is a good example of how development was not spurred by the new line, and today, fewer riders use it per day than the King, Queen, or Spadina streetcar lines. It costs the TTC (thus taxpayers) 8 dollars per rider in subsidy to run the Sheppard subway. Not a fiscally responsible way to build transit.
To your point about Scarborough not getting its due, Mayor Miller's Transit City sought to redress years of Scarborough being left behind in transit planning by delivering the Eglinton LRT, Sheppard LRT, and Scarborough Town LRT. We must remember that the main funding for today's Scarborough subway was procured due to the previous administration's efforts, and the fact Scarborough is getting 3 major transit projects in the near future is not really due to any efforts by Ford. If you are indeed from Malvern, your praise of the Mayor should also be tempered by the fact that your area of the city would have received higher order transit if Transit City had not been gutted by Ford. As it stands today, folks in Malvern will still have to slog it to STC in order to access any higher order transit.
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TrickyRicky
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I also pay for your extensive bus system malvern2. Also, if you follow MPAC valuation trends, as a resident of the Old City of Toronto I am paying a greater share not only of your transit but all city services.
I happen to think this is fair because the inner suburbs are really struggling but don't complain about who is paying for what. Ford's bastions are the very parts of the city paying less and less of the City's tax burden with each passing year.
P.S. I support subway over lrt.
I happen to think this is fair because the inner suburbs are really struggling but don't complain about who is paying for what. Ford's bastions are the very parts of the city paying less and less of the City's tax burden with each passing year.
P.S. I support subway over lrt.
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